First off, I apologize to my friends and roleplay partners who've been left hanging. Any desire to cancel old threads is completely understandable.

I've been struggling with a serious health issue the past several months. There was a long period where things would seem to improve only to relapse, delaying things further. All that aside, just wanted to let people know I'm around again and to contact me via PM or Trillian - ironsoldier, if anyone wants to get things going again.

Natasha had caught sight of Sarah looking in her direction for a moment, smiling to herself that someone like her would stare at her. As she stepped back towards the gym Natasha made sure Sarah saw her gazing upon her body, smiling as she passed her before she stepped out into the gym. She jumped a bit when Taylor spoke since she hadn't seen her standing right by the entrance to the locker room, her breasts bouncing lightly but stayed within her top answering one of Taylor's questions already.

"Oh no I don't own anything like that, never needed one in any of my matches so far." As she spoke Natasha cupped her breasts in her hands and tried pushing them up a bit, showing that they weren't going anywhere with her top that tight. "Thanks for your concern brave leader but I can move fine in this, its not baggy so I have free reign of movement actually. Also I don't think its going to explode, everyone in my matches is always tugging on it so its pretty tough!"

"Oh I'm from France where my father is from, though my mother was a model in Russia. Growing up I picked up both accents though I have worked very hard to suppress them, though I can still speak both languages and use both accents fairly well." Looking over as Sarah came on out she thought about who they were talking about, she had seen some of their matches but no where near all of them and was a little lost. "Who is this Brittany?"

"What?" Taylor slapped her palm against her forehead, a gesture she'd unwittingly picked up from her friend and roommate Cassie Elliot. She didn't own a sports bra? Clearly she'd never put in a hard workout a day in her life, especially with that freaking rack. That must be such a pain in the ass, Taylor couldn't even imagine. This wasn't going to be easy, at least not with Natasha.

She still had loads of hope for Sarah, though, who appeared around the corner wearing... a leotard? Close enough, it wasn't a dance class but it certainly qualified as active wear. She gave Sarah a skeptical look, but she didn't say anything. She didn't consider Sarah's win over Brittany to be legitimate, given the match type. Taylor was only interested in fights.

"Brittany's a no-talent slut-bag. Wears a snake suit for some reason, her face looks like this." Taylor made a dopey face with her jaw slack and her eyes half closed. "You didn't catch those matches, then? When I was... ya know what, don't worry about it. If you see her in the ring, just kick her ass." Taylor wasn't in the mood to talk about her injury some more. It almost didn't hurt at all anymore, and now it was time to forget about it.

She looked around and saw one of the practice rings was available, and she bolted for it, diving under the bottom rope, to claim it. She came up in the middle of the ring, bouncing energetically, each bounce taking her higher than seemed natural, as if gravity had a lesser effect on her. She grinned at her team and motioned for them to join her.

"So, like..." She began, and settled down, not bouncing but still not standing still. "What do you guys do? I've seen you, Sarah, but I haven't ever seen you before. Why don't you guys tell me, like, what you can do and stuff, and then you can show me." She was excited to see what the girls could do.

Looking at Sarah, the thought occurred to her that she looked like Taylor, but she was almost exactly Cassie's size, and she definitely sounded Canadian. It was a little weird. She shook her head and didn't say anything. She didn't want to creep the girl out on their first day.

Well from Sarah's point of view it was pretty natural to take a peek over at Natasha. The girl was definitely attractive there was no doubt about that. Sarah glad that she was on the same side as her in some ways. There were just some types of matches where experience wasn't the key thing. As she worked on getting changed she felt Natasha's eyes on her body as she passed by. A slight blush creeping up on her face thinking she had better just hurry up and get out there.

Seeing that expression on Taylor's face made Sarah's expression narrow a bit too. "A win is a win." Sarah was familiar with the type of wrestler that Taylor was and figured she wouldn't really respect some specific match types. She didn't have much hope for Natasha gaining her acceptance with the type she seemed to be. Either way Sarah hoped this team would pull together. They weren't a large group so needed to have some solidarity.

When she saw the Brittany impression she tried to cover her mouth to contain the laughter. "Wow it's like a perfect representation of her." Sarah trying to shake herself out of comedy mode though. There wasn't much funny involved when going up against Brittany. "But yeah, watch out. I'm pretty sure she'd rabid." Sarah recalled a few moments when she was almost certain about that.

Deciding to follow Taylor into the ring she got a few bounces in herself. "Me? Well I pretty much like to move around. Nothing better than racing around the ring and getting the drop on your opponent." Having a grin on her face as she got a good run going inside of the ring. "I pretty much base everything off that. Not a lot of power, but it adds up. Plus I'm solid when it comes to flexibility. No problem with the splits." She started to demonstrate lowering herself on the mat. At the same time though she had a weird feeling from Taylor's looks. "Is there something the matter? Well I suppose we do look kind of similar." She noted, about to pick herself up after letting them confirm her flexibility.

Natasha got the feeling that Taylor wasn't the sort to respect the kind of matches she enjoyed the most, looking back at all the ones she had seen Taylor in not one had been hentai in any sort of way, she was clearly more of the physical sort though Natasha wasn't a slouch there either. Seeing her impression of this Brittany person Natasha couldn't help but laugh, bringing her left hand up to muffle her giggling until she was finally able to stop and breathe again. She got the feeling neither of them liked her very much and to be fair she didn't like her just from how they described her. Glancing back over at Sarah, a little disappointed she was now fully clothed, Natasha picked up on the change in tone when she described her win, meaning it was likely a hentai match since Taylor didn't seem to like those.

"Oh you beat her then? Tell me if my guess is wrong but you beat her in a hentai match right?" Natasha put it out there before sliding beneath the bottom rope and quickly springing to her feet, showing that just because she was busty didn't mean she was slow or clumsy. Her eyes followed the other two as they jumped up and down, she gave it a try a couple times herself, her breasts looking as if they would surely pop out as she did so, but gave it a rest as a high flyer she was not.

"Really Sarah? I try to do the same thing, moving about the ring so that I'm not easy pickings for someone."Watching Sarah prove just how flexible she was Natasha couldn't keep herself from thinking a few dirty thoughts about the girl. "I like to think of myself as water actually, I picture myself as flowing around my opponent as I get them into submission holds, while redirecting their moves to turn them back around on themselves. I use a mix of both soft and hard styles and I like to think I'm flexible."

To prove this she did the same thing as Sarah, slowly lowering herself down into a split before pulling her left leg behind her head just to show off a little bit. Lifting herself back up after untwisting her body Natasha blushed a little bit before saying what she was really good at. "I'm at my best in..... well hentai matches actually, though you likely guessed that earlier right? I mean I can prove that to you too but I would need Sarah to be willing." She said as she glanced over at Sarah with a wide smile and a wink.

She perked back up and flashed a punky sneer at Natasha. "I'm a fighter, not a porn star. I guess you can be in charge of preparing for porno matches. I'm sure you and Sarah would just love that." She said, and frowned, only for a moment. "But for all the other ones, I can probably help you guys get ready."

"Alright." She said, and pulled a smartphone out of the waistband of her shorts. It took her a minute, and she did her best not to let on about her crippling computer illiteracy, and she made damn sure not to stick out her tongue, as she was prone to doing when grappling with her computer at home. Sometimes even her mp3 player gave her trouble. Eventually, she found a list of the available match types.

"So, did you guys see the list of matches? Sarah, I think you'd be great in the ladder match. Right? Natasha... any thoughts?" She said, trying to push through the tension and move on like she planned.

â€œIf there are going to be ladder matches why not send me in.â€ A voice called from the other side of the gym. Soon a [url=http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_85/set?id=57995045#stream_box:2tkm6qpo]fancy dressed[/url:2tkm6qpo] woman walked through the doors and smiles as she came in wearing a blue blazer, a black blouse beneath the blazer, a draped skirt, black thigh highs, black suede ankle boots, two onyx stone earrings, a double heart necklace, and rectangle glasses to boot.

At her side was a black gym bag obviously she was going to change. â€œSorry Iâ€m late, I had lunch with the girls and traffic was terrible on the way here." She walked over to Taylor and bows to her and says, â€œIt is nice to meet you. I am Tsumi. Iâ€m relatively new but I did ask for a hardcore match not too long ago, I think Iâ€m going to get it.â€ She then looks around the gym as she smiles and waves.

â€œOh and donâ€t worry I have clothes to change into. Well um once again sorry for being late like this, it wonâ€t happen again I swear. But what was being said before I suddenly appeared?â€

She said with a smile on her face looking around as she then raised her fist in the air and says, â€œI know we are going to do so well in this girls! I can already feel it!â€ Tsumi then looks towards every girl in the room and smiles as she admired the beauty of her team.

She then giggled a bit as she looked around for a place to sit or at least if anything a place to change. Because right now she felt like the odd one out wearing all of these fancy clothes while everyone else...Well mostly everyone was wearing training gear. She fights as she fixes her glasses and looks around.

Taylor lit up again with the arrival of a third team member. Her renewed hope was somewhat dampened both by the new girl's attire and by her mannerisms. She seemed like just a little bit like a snob. Taylor's first instinct was to make fun of her, but she held herself back. She had to be good.

"Hey, awesome, what's up Tsumi? I'm Taylor, this is Sarah and Natasha. Just go get changed and stuff and then... and then..." She watched Tsumi looking around and unshouldering her bag like she was looking for a place to do it. "Dude! Go get changed in the locker room! Damn!" She said frantically in a high voice. What was with everyone? Was this really what the rest of Friction was like?

She was willing to work with what she had, but she needed to know how far back to start with them. They didn't have much time until matches started, and that alone made Taylor's stomach flutter with anxiety. She didn't want to let her girls down by letting them lose.

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Despite not wanting to make a joke, Sarah did hope that the atmosphere of this team wasn't going to be blue. Seemed like quite the variety of perspectives on fighting and that there could be some real tension building up. Felt like Sarah was standing in the middle between the more 'pure' styles on either side. Sarah just enjoyed wrestling and whatever came her way she'd take it on.

While she wasn't as into that style as Natasha she had to respect that the girl was built for her craft. It surprised Sarah just how flexible that girl was. She could definitely give Sarah a run for her money in that area. Deciding that she didn't want both Taylor and Natasha trying to take her down (in different ways of course) she tried to just keep the mood light without looking like an idiot. "Not to worry I totally believe you Natasha in terms of your specialty. Certainly an interesting way to fight." The whole water theme definitely fit and sounded quite interesting. She'd have to catch a few of her fights to see it in action.

"Maybe we should all just relax a bit here." Sarah trying to avoid any major issues with Natasha and Taylor. They definitely didn't seem to be very compatible. Willing to jump on any topic to change things up and when the ladder match was mentioned she was all over tying to focus them in. "Y-yeah I'm definitely looking forward to it. Something new that should be quite a bit of fun. Makes me think to old game shows. Climb up the obstacle and claim the flag kind of thing."

Hearing a voice call over drew Sarah's attention. She was definitely dressed for a meeting. Maybe Taylor should have been more specific in her note? Sarah thinking that 3 out of 4 people weren't initially dressed for practice. Still Sarah was glad to have someone with a positive attitude showing up. Figuring she might burn out of she stood between those two for too long.

"It's great to meet you. I'm pretty excited about our chances too." She replied deciding that keeping the mood up was key. "Well...long as we don't kill each other..." Sarah sighed under her breath hoping they were going to be alright.

Natasha was quite certain of it now that Taylor didn't think much of her favorite kind of matches nor much of her for that matter. It took quite a bit to get on Natasha's bad side and Taylor wasn't quite there yet, though Nat certainly didn't like being called a porn star by the more experienced wrestler. Holding back her tongue the usually cheerful girl figured she might as well just let it go, Taylor wasn't going to change her mind about Natasha no matter how much she talked about it, she was just going to have to prove to her team leader she was just as much of an athlete as Taylor was. She glanced back over at Sarah and flashed the girl a wide grin, she had found Sarah much more inviting and fun, wondering to herself how she might react to a match proposition.

She opened her mouth to answer when a new voice cut her off, turning her head to see a girl even she didn't know coming up to the ring. "Oh hey, I'm Natasha." She introduced herself just as Taylor did, shooting a smile at their leader before turning back to Tsumi. Natasha had to admit this girl was just about as bubbly as she herself was, giggling as she raised her fist into the air and doing the same for just a second before returning her arm down to her side.

"I don't think she was going to change in here Taylor, I wonder what it says about you that you see stripping and porn everywhere you look?" Natasha said after deciding to get back at Taylor for the porn star comment, chuckling to herself until Taylor once again insinuated all she was good for was porn. Placing her hands on her hips she narrowed her eyes for just a moment but then laughed her annoyance off. "Yes I have experience, I grew up with the best martial arts and wrestling teachers, I wish sometimes I had paid better attention but I picked up enough for it to be useful. Don't worry, this porn star as you put it can handle herself."

Natasha blinked as she heard Taylor compliment her and turned to face her, nodding her head and smiling at her kind words. It was nice at least one of the more experienced woman thought high enough of her to believe in her, though Nat let out a slight sigh of disappointment that she didn't get to show Sarah personally. "So you two probably know all about each other, is there anything else you wanted to know about me? Oh and I guess I should mention this, I already got a match set up, I'm going against Heather Sunderland in a ladder match! Oops, sorry if I messed up your plan."

It seemed like a great idea at the time. Now Talia was standing outside the gym doors awkwardly, listening to the conversation of her teammates inside. There was a little tension among the wrestlers inside. She could easily make out Taylor's voice, and every time the woman spoke it made her reconsider her decision to sign up for her team. She had hoped wrestling with Taylor instead of against would ease up and help the two forget what had happened between them.

Now though, Talia couldn't stomach facing the girl. And if she was going to argue with the teammates she had just met, surely Taylor would argue with her. So she just stood there with her head against the door. However, as she lifted her hand to lean on the door, she accidentally pushed in the lever and the door opened up. She stumbled in but didn't fall over. Embarrassed, she scratched the back of her head. "S-Sorry, the door was jammed or something..." she muttered as took a few more steps towards the group.

Fortunately, she had been wearing her workout attire, so there wasn't any awkwardness, but that was only out of luck anyways. Worse case scenario, Talia didn't want to be in anything restricting in case Taylor suddenly started attacking her. Not that she would, but Talia didn't want to take any chances. "I'm Talia...nice to meet you all." She smiled and nodded to the other three girls. When she faced Taylor, though, she couldn't help but make a straight face. "And...good to see you again Taylor..." she took a step forward and offered out her hand to shake.